Geopolitics
Rest Is Politics host says Trump sought leverage over Canada’s trade policy
The Rest Is Politics
Maybe the scariest thing about Trump isn't the chaos...it's the consistency.
"It wasn't really about tariffs. It was about Trump demanding control over Canada's external trade policy, whether or not they could use French labeling on packaging. These aren't trade asks. You basically can't concede these things and still be a country."
A host of The Rest Is Politics argues that the latest rupture in US–Canada talks was driven less by tariff levels than by what he characterises as demands touching Canadian sovereignty, including control over external trade policy and packaging language rules. He says such demands go beyond normal trade negotiations and frames them as part of a broader pattern in Trump’s rhetoric and approach to neighbouring territories.
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